Non-refillable bottle.



PATENTED MAY 12, 190s.'

M. & M. B. O'MBARA. NoN-REFILLABLB BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1902.

N0 MODEL` Z WM5# www@ esses 'rn vSTATES Patented May l12, 1903.

MATTHEW OMEARA AND MORRIS'B. OMEARA, OF SAN FRANCISCO,

CALIFORNIA.

vNON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettersratnt No. 728,127, dated May 12,1903. Application filed September 30, 1902. Serial No. 125,413. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that we, MATTHEW OMEARA and MORRIS B. OMEARA, citizens ofthe United States, residing at San Francisco, county of San Francisco,and State of California, have invented certain new'and usefulImprovements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of`

which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to bottles, and more position and also when thebottle is lying onV its side and at the same time to prevent the weightfrom obstructing the free passage of the liquid when held in pouringposition. Y

A still further object is to provide means which effectually prevent theinsertion of a wire to hold the valve raised while the bottle is beingrefilled.

With these objects in view our invention consists in certain features ofnovelty in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts bywhich said objects are attained, as will be more fully described in theaccompanying specification and embodied in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of the neck of a bottlewith the attachment in place; Fig. 2, a detail of the guard; Figs. 3 and4, details of the valve, weight, and the valve and weight seats; andFig. 5, a modication of the weight-seat.

Referring more especially to the drawings,

l represents the neck of a bottle provided with screw-threads on aportion of its eXterior.

2 is the shell or case of the attachment, which is secured to the neckof the bottle by corresponding screw-threads on its lower inner end,which are first given a coating of adhesive compound or cement toprevent unscrewing once the cement is set.

Located within the shell 2 and iitting over the neck of the bottle is acap 3, having a cornucopia-shaped weight-seat 4, which is secured to thecap by lugs 5, having openings .6 for the passage of the liquid. Theweightseat 4 enters an opening 7 in the top of the cap 3 and is flushwith the top thereof.

Seated on top of the cap 3 and covering the opening 7 is a disk-valve 8,which is held seated by a conical weight 9, supported bya bolt 10,running therethrough. This weight 10 centers in the weight-seat 4 andforces the valve 8 from its seat when the bottle is turned into pouringposition and allows the liquid to run out the openings 6 between thelugs 5 and through the opening 7 in the top of the cap. Above the cap asufficient distance to allow a free movement of the valve is a guard 11,seated against a flange 12, integral with the shell or casing 2, andwhich prevents the removal of said guard. In the center of the -guard isan Opening 13 to permit the passage of the liquidandhaving an annulardepending liange 14. Supported by lugs or straps 15 is aconical cup16,whose top is nearly flush with the lower edge of the annular flange 14and is slightly larger in circumference. This construction of guardeffectually prevents a wire or tool from being inserted to raise thevalve from its seat for fraudulently refilling the bottle.

nit that it could not be replaced 'without detection.

It will be noted that the angle of the weightseat is so great that thebottle when in the pouringv position would he nearly upside down, thuspreventing the possibility of liquid being forced into the bottle whileliquid is being forced therefrom. When the bottle is in a'verticalorlupright position, the valve is held seated by the weight 9, and it willbe noticed by inverting the drawing that the bottleis three-quartersdirect-ly inverted before the angle of the valve-seat is on a level,which makes it necessary to further tilt it before the weight wouldcenterin the weightseat and unseat the valve.

The guard 1l is heldin position against the flange 12 by reason of itsbeing slightly larger IOO in circumference than the inner periphery ofthe casing 2, and thus is held yby friction. Any attempt to force liquidinto the bottle While in an inverted position would necessarily exertforce enough to unseat the guard, (by reason of the impact against theconical cup 16,) which would throw it in contact with the head of thebolt and seat the valve.

The liquid to eect an exit has to pass between the supporting-lugs ofthe guard l1 into the conical cup 16 and thence out through the opening13 to the mouth of the bottle. The flange 12 also serves as an abutmentfor a cork 17.

In Fig. 5 it Will be seen that the lugs 5 occupy a dierent position,which facilitates a freer movement ot' the weight.

It will be understood that certain changes in construction in carryingout the invention mightbe resorted to, and We do not, therefore, limitourselves to the precise construction herein set forth, but consider Weare entitled to all modifications falling Within the spirit and scope ofthe invention.

Having thus described our invention, What we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A non-retillable attachment for bottles comprising a cap and providedwith a discharge-opening, a Weight-seat formed in the cap, a weightedvalve located on the cap and controlling the opening, the valve and capso formed with reference to one another that the valve willautomatically close the opening in any position assumed by the bottleexcept when the bottle is in an approximately inverted position, and aguard located above the valve to prevent access thereto.

2. The combination with the neck of a bottle, of a sleeve securedthereto, a cap stationarily located within the sleeve and provided withan opening therein, a perforated weightseat formed Within the cap, aweighted valve controlling the discharge opening, and a guard locatedabove the valve to prevent access thereto, the guard adapted to permitthe passage of the contents of the bottle therethrough.

3. The combination with a bottle, ot" a nonrefillable attachment adaptedto be secured to the exterior of the bottle, comprisinga sleeve, a capsecured Within said sleeve, a Weighted valve located in said cap, aguard above said valve, said guard having an exit and a conical cup.

4E. The combination with a bottle-neck, of a cap having an openingtherethrough, a Weighted valve having a tlat disk adapted to lie on topof the cap and close the opening, and a guard above the valve.

5. The combination with a bottle-neck, of

Va cap having an opening, a iiat valve on the cap and adapted to closethe opening therein, a Weight depending from the valve and 1ocatedwithin the cap, and a guard above the valve.

6. The combination with a bottleneck, of a cap which has an opening, aconical cup within itself, a disk valve resting on the cap and adaptedto close the opening therein, a conical weight depending from the valveand adapted to t the conical cup, and a guard above the valve.

In testimony whereof We hereunto afx our signatures in presence of twoWitnesses.

MATTHEW OMEARA. MORRIS B. OMEARA. i/Vitnesses:

GEORGE PATERsoN, T. W. lDooLiiNci.y

